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UK Office of Technology Commercialization, Partners Receive RISE Grant from KY CED

Nov 14, 2018, 11:19 AM

The Kentucky Cabinet for Economic Development is investing $750,000 to support startups and entrepreneurs in Lexington and Central Kentucky under this initiative.

UK CAER Receives $2.9 Million to Expand Groundbreaking Carbon Capture Research

Nov 14, 2018, 11:16 AM

The project is part of DOE’s Carbon Capture Program, which is developing transformational, step-change, low-cost capture processes and enabling technologies that will maximize the efficiency of our nation's fossil-based power generation infrastructure.

Two UK Students Bring Home Gold Following Research Competitions

Nov 14, 2018, 11:10 AM

Last week, UK graduate and undergraduate students competed in the final rounds of the inaugural 5-Minute Fast Track Research Competition and the 3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT), academic competitions that cultivates students’ presentation and research communication skills, and challenges students to describe their research in a short period of time.

'Behind the Blue': UK’s Alexander Vazsonyi Studies Factors Impacting Child and Adolescent Development

Nov 13, 2018, 10:24 AM

On this week’s episode of “Behind the Blue,” UKPR and Marketing‘s Carl Nathe talks with Alexander Vazsonyi, a professor in the Department of Family Sciences.

Partnership to Use Data-Driven Approach to Curb the Opioid Crisis

Nov 13, 2018, 10:18 AM

A multidisciplinary team of UK physicians and researchers will collaborate with additional specialists to develop diagnosis-specific educational materials to address opioid pain management options post-discharge, pain management alternatives to opioids and information on safe opioid use, storage and disposal.

Gentry Receives National Award for Outstanding Mentorship

Nov 13, 2018, 10:06 AM

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced that University of Kentucky's Matthew Gentry has received the Landis Award for Outstanding Mentorship.

UK Study Finds Promising Therapeutic Target for Aggressive Type of Breast Cancer

Nov 12, 2018, 9:31 AM

A new Nature Communications study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers suggests that an enzyme known as Prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit alpha-1 (P4HA1) is a potential therapeutic target for triple negative breast cancer.

UK's Beyond Birth Program Moves to New Location, Expands Services for Mothers with Opioid Addiction

Nov 8, 2018, 1:03 PM

PATHways and Beyond Birth program participant Bethany shares her recovery story to help others and thank those who helped her.

Research Identifies Potential Predictors of Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Alzheimer's

Nov 7, 2018, 9:31 AM

Research from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging presented at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting has identified two potential ways to predict vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID) – the second leading cause of dementia behind Alzheimer's disease.

Pilot-Scale Plant to Extract Rare Earth Elements in Heart of Coal Country

Nov 7, 2018, 9:05 AM

Professor Rick Honaker recently launched a pilot-scale processing plant aimed at recovering REEs from coal and its byproducts in Webster County.

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